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My Complete 30 Days Vietnam Spending Breakdown

After writing this article, it seems like my Vietnam spending is quite a lot! I mean, it’s not an expensive country so how did I end up spending so much money? After taking a careful look at the spending breakdown, it’s from a few things:

I spent $390 on the tailored suit I purchased from Hoi An, Vietnam, including the cost of shipping.

I spent quite a bit on flights travelling between Vietnamese cities. Thinking the flights were cheap because they were in USD, turns out they were not because the Canadian dollar is extremely weak right now (no thanks to Obama and Trump who both killed our dollar)

I also spent money on things I shouldn’t have such as renting that scooter in Da Nang.

I also paid quite a bit of money to enter the country, the E-VISA cost is definitely not cheap. The next time I visit Vietnam, I will wait until I renew my Philippines’ passport in order to get a VISA-free entry.

Without further delay, below is my complete spending breakdown in Vietnam.

30 days Vietnam spending breakdown

Air India and Singapore Flight from New Delhi to Singapore Changi to Ho Chi Minh – $37.20 CAD (620,000 VND)

Besides my overspending in this country and setting me back financially to complete my one year trip around the world, I also felt like I visited the wrong place in Vietnam. I should have setup base in Ho Chi Minh instead of Da Nang because I felt really bored living in that city for so long.

Air bnb rental

The food in Vietnam is also not very good. I find that the Vietnamese food outside Vietnam actually tasted better. On the flip side, Vietnamese food are very healthy thanks to the sheer amount of vegetables they provide you.

Healthy Vietnamese food

In my opinion, the biggest highlight of my trip is the Vietnamese people in Da Nang and visiting my friend in Hanoi. Vietnamese people tend to be blunt and aggressive when they talk but they are also very friendly once you start talking to them. I even took pictures with the cook and server at my favourite eatery in Da Nang. They were really sad to see me leave and asked me when I’m returning to their city. I’d like to say I’m coming back in a year or two but in reality, it is most likely never. That is just the sad reality of travelling around the world, you make friends for a few days to a month then you never see them again.

After Vietnam, I was off to far east Asia and Indonesia to see more wonders of the world. Would I go back to Vietnam? I would, certainly, but I will explore Ho Chi Minh and Nha Trang the next time I do it.

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